Capital Eye’s PolitiQuizz: Which Member of Congress Makes the Biggest Bang with Gun Supporters?

That’s because the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a case Tuesday over whether the Constitution’s 2nd Amendment applies to state and local governments. Timely it is, therefore, to pose this challenge to you:

“I am a veteran member of Congress whose commitment gun rights has been consistent, if occasionally challenged by detractors. Maybe that’s because I recently told the public that I don’t actually own a gun. Nonetheless, people and political action committees associated with the gun rights lobby have contributed more to my campaigns than any other federal candidate during the past 20 years. The National Rifle Association political action committee, in fact, just cut me a donation check — but it wasn’t quite as big as the checks some other congressional candidates have recently received. Who am I?”

The first person to correctly answer this question by leaving an answer in this blog post’s comments section will win a free copy of The Blue Pages: Second Edition, the new book for which the Center for Responsive Politics provides data and analysis. Answers will be accepted until 5 p.m. Friday. Results will be posted as part of next Monday’s PolitiQuizz. (Make sure to provide your e-mail address so we may contact you if you win!)

Michigan is the home to the U.S. automotive industry, and therefore, it may come as no surprise that candidates running for federal office there receive more than a few dollars from auto manufacturing interests. Among the 20 U.S. House of Representatives candidates that received the most campaign money last election from people and political action committees associated with the auto industry, how many were running in Michigan?

The answer? Ten.

Sadly, we had no correct responses, and nope — “close” works in horseshoes and hand grenades, but not the PolitiQuizz. So make sure to leave an answer now and try again this week!

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